BREAKING NEWS: Vasco da Gama removed as City of Joburg council speaker
DA councillor Vasco da Gama has been voted out as council speaker of SA’s richest metro of Johannesburg, during a marathon meeting that started on Wednesday and ended in the early hours of Thursday.
In a statement sent at 2.01am on Thursday, Phalatse said the multiparty government had accepted the outcome of the motion of no confidence against former speaker Da Gama, “who served the council in an exemplary fashion”. “As the multiparty government, we will introspect on what needs to be done to regroup, as Joburg cannot afford to be handed back to a cabal who place self-interest ahead of the needs of Joburg’s 6-million residents. We are, nonetheless, confident that we will restore order. This is but a speed-hump on a long road.